Implemented Karnataka Student Reservation In The University 'In Letter And In Spirit': NLSIU, Bangalore
2 years, 2 months ago

Implemented Karnataka Student Reservation In The University 'In Letter And In Spirit': NLSIU, Bangalore

Live Law  

The National Law School of India University has issued a Press Release on Admission of Karnataka students to the University, and has claimed that it has 'implemented the Karnataka Student reservation in letter and spirit'. Through an amendment of the National Law School of India Act, 1986, vide the Amendment Act, 2020, it had been proposed that there would be horizontal reservation of 25% of the seats in the University for Karnataka students; ie, a student who "has studied in any on of the recognized educational institutions in the State for a period of not less than 10 years in the preceding qualifying examination". While the Special Leave Petition filed against the same was pending before the Apex Court, the University had adopted the 'NLSIU Inclusion and Expansion Plan 2021-25' on 17th April 2021, whereby it had virtually adopted a 25% horizontal compartmentalized reservation for Karnataka students from the Academic Year 2021-22. The University has also proposed that the minimum number of Karnataka students studying at the University would also increase to around 500 for the various law programmes.

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Private universities in Karnataka agree to fill private quota engineering seats through uniform entrance test
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Private universities in Karnataka agree to fill private quota engineering seats through uniform entrance test

The Hindu  

Private universities in Karnataka have agreed to the government’s proposal to fill 40% of private quota seats in professional courses, including engineering, through a uniform entrance test instead of each university conducting separate tests. The universities will henceforth consider candidates who qualify either in the CET conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority, JEE, conducted by the National Testing Agency, or …

UG admission: Principle of elasticity in reservation comes in handy for Arunthathiyars in Tamil Nadu government arts colleges
2 months, 1 week ago

UG admission: Principle of elasticity in reservation comes in handy for Arunthathiyars in Tamil Nadu government arts colleges

The Hindu  

The principle of elasticity in reservation has come in handy for Arunthathiyars in admission to undergraduate courses in government arts colleges. This is evident in a response of the Government Arts and Science College, Sathyamangalam, in Erode district, to a Right to Information Act query by The Hindu on the efficacy of the Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars Special Reservation Act. The …

NLSIU Bengaluru to admit 60 students to new BA course through NLSAT
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NLSIU Bengaluru to admit 60 students to new BA course through NLSAT

The Hindu  

As many as 60 students will be admitted to the newly announced Bachelor of Arts course by the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru during the academic year 2025-26. The new BA programme builds on this principle, offering an academically rich pathway for students interested in fields beyond law, such as publishing, media, development practice, and the arts.” The …

NLSIU Bengaluru to launch three-year BA (hons) programme in 2025
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NLSIU Bengaluru to launch three-year BA (hons) programme in 2025

India Today  

The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, will introduce a three-year BA programme starting from the academic year 2025. PROGRAMME FEE The annual fee for the programme is Rs 4,32,500, which includes a one-time admission fee of Rs 13,000, tuition and facilities fee of Rs 2,96,000, and an optional off-campus housing fee of Rs 1,23,500 Additionally, NLSIU offers a …

Documents of students who got medical seats under NRI quota to be verified by embassies
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Documents of students who got medical seats under NRI quota to be verified by embassies

The Hindu  

For the first time, the Karnataka Examination Authority has decided to send the details and documents of 320 students who secured postgraduate medical seats under the Non-Resident Indian quota to the respective embassies for cross-verification. This decision comes after KEA discovered irregularities involving 21 students who secured postgraduate medical seats under the management quota in the All India Quota while …

Odisha considers increasing reservations for SC, ST students in technical education
7 months ago

Odisha considers increasing reservations for SC, ST students in technical education

The Hindu  

The Odisha government is considering increasing reservations for scheduled caste and schedule tribe students during admission into technical education courses in the State. At present, the State provides 20% reservation SC and ST Students in State Government technical colleges in admissions as against their 39.98% of the total population. In response to a query in the State Assembly if the …

Karnataka High Court Declines Law Students' Plea Challenging Debarment From Writing Ninth-Semester Exams Due To Attendance Shortage
8 months ago

Karnataka High Court Declines Law Students' Plea Challenging Debarment From Writing Ninth-Semester Exams Due To Attendance Shortage

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has rejected petitions filed by 9th-semester law students seeking directions on the Karnataka State Law University to permit them to write their examinations, which they were not allowed to do since they did not meet the required attendance criteria. Integrated Degree Course in Law, read with Regulation 15 would permit them to pursue the 10th Semester, …

This year, 1,32,309 engineering seats are available in Karnataka
9 months, 1 week ago

This year, 1,32,309 engineering seats are available in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Higher Education Department has notified the seat matrix for engineering and architecture courses in the State. There are 1,32,309 seats in 245 engineering colleges for the academic year 2024-25. With the All India Council for Technical Education removing the cap on engineering admissions, the number of seats this academic year has increased by 7,758, and by 4,085 under the …

3-Yrs LLB Admissions | NLSIU Executive Council Has Opted To Not Provide Reservation For Transgender Persons: Karnataka High Court Told
1 year, 7 months ago

3-Yrs LLB Admissions | NLSIU Executive Council Has Opted To Not Provide Reservation For Transgender Persons: Karnataka High Court Told

Live Law  

The National Law School of India University has informed the Karnataka High Court that its Executive Council has opted, at this time, not to provide reservation for transgender persons in admission to 3-years NLSAT-LLB 2023 course offered by the University. Vasantha seeks a direction to the State Government and the University to implement the Karnataka State Policy on Transgenders, 2017 …

Tuition fees for engineering colleges in Karnataka 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

Tuition fees for engineering colleges in Karnataka 2023

The Hindu  

The Higher Education Department announced the tuition fees for engineering and architecture colleges of various categories on August 2. At private aided engineering colleges, the fee has been fixed at ₹40,110 for 95% government quota seats reserved through the Karnataka Examinations Authority. At non-minority, private unaided engineering and architecture colleges, for 45% government seats, the tuition fee is fixed at …

Around 170 students from violence-hit Manipur join Karnataka’s schools and colleges
1 year, 7 months ago

Around 170 students from violence-hit Manipur join Karnataka’s schools and colleges

The Hindu  

Within 11 days of the Karnataka government’s order providing special admissions for students from strife-torn Manipur, around 170 students from the region have joined various schools and colleges in the State. The State government issued an order stating that if students from classes I to X from Manipur, who seek enrolment in schools following the State curriculum for the academic …

Set up UoH satellite campus in Karimnagar or Warangal: Vinod urges Centre
2 years, 1 month ago

Set up UoH satellite campus in Karimnagar or Warangal: Vinod urges Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Senior BRS leader and former MP B. Vinod Kumar on Tuesday urged the Centre to establish a satellite campus of the University of Hyderabad in Karimnagar or Warangal as well as provide domicile quota for students of the state welfare schools. In his letter to Pradhan, Vinod pointed out that Pondicherry University provides a domicile quota for the students …

Why NRI/Management medical seats in Karnataka are staying vacant
2 years, 11 months ago

Why NRI/Management medical seats in Karnataka are staying vacant

Hindustan Times  

In a shocking reveal, the Department of Medical Education's data has showed that a major portion of medical seats under the NRI/management quota have no takers in Karnataka. However, of the four quotas available in private medical colleges, government, private, management and NRI, the government and private quota seats are said to get filled up quickly. That makes up an …

Karnataka High Court Quashes Seat Matrix Of Telugu Linguistic Minority In A Medical College
3 years ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes Seat Matrix Of Telugu Linguistic Minority In A Medical College

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the revised seat matrix issued on January 31, for postgraduate and undergraduate courses in medicine for the academic year 2021-22, by which only Telugu Linguistic minority students residing in Hyderabad-Karnataka region are allowed to apply in a Linguistic minority institution located in that region. Case Background: The college had approached the court questioning the …

Karnataka High Court Permits KSLU To Conduct Intermediate Semester Examination For LLB Students
3 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka High Court Permits KSLU To Conduct Intermediate Semester Examination For LLB Students

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday permitted Karnataka State Law University, to hold the intermediate semester examination for LLB students. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum while hearing an intra-court appeal filed by the University challenging the interim order passed on November 12, whereby, as an interim measure, the Single Judge stayed …

Tamil Nadu sets apart 7.5% preferential quota for govt school students in admission to professional courses
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu sets apart 7.5% preferential quota for govt school students in admission to professional courses

India TV News  

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday set apart 7.5 percent reservation on “preferential basis” to the state government school students for their admissions to engineering, agriculture, veterinary, law and other professional degree courses offered in government, aided and private institutions in the State. 5 percent reservation to government school students on preferential basis in admission to professional courses, similar to …

NLSIU : Supreme Court Stays Karnataka High Court Direction To Promote Student
3 years, 8 months ago

NLSIU : Supreme Court Stays Karnataka High Court Direction To Promote Student

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a special leave petition filed by the National Law School of India University against an order of the Karnataka High Court which directed the promotion of a student to next academic year.The Supreme Court also stayed the order of the High Court, which had set aside the decision of NLSIU to deny …

Karnataka HC Rejects NLSIU's Challenge To UGC Regulation Which Restricts Territorial Jurisdiction Of Universities
3 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka HC Rejects NLSIU's Challenge To UGC Regulation Which Restricts Territorial Jurisdiction Of Universities

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a public notice and regulations issued by University Grants Commission by which it restricts the physical jurisdiction of National Law School of India University, in the matter of distance education to within the State of Karnataka. Submission of UGC: Advocate Showri HR appearing for UGC attention of this Court to the larger …

'Step Motherly Treatment By University' : Karnataka High Court Grants Relief To NLSIU Student Who Was Denied Promotion Citing Attendance Shortage
4 years, 3 months ago

'Step Motherly Treatment By University' : Karnataka High Court Grants Relief To NLSIU Student Who Was Denied Promotion Citing Attendance Shortage

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently allowed a petition filed by a student of National Law School of India University and directed the University to forthwith promote the student to the 4th year B.A. The Karnataka High Court recently allowed a petition filed by a student ofand directed the University to forthwith promote the student to the 4th year B.A. The …

Shortage Of Attendance Is A Serious Matter: Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea By NLSIU Student [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Shortage Of Attendance Is A Serious Matter: Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea By NLSIU Student [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a student of National Law School of India University seeking evaluation of his project work and promotion to third year of the B.A. LLB Course, despite low attendance.Justice Krishna Dixit while dismissing the petition filed by one Madhav Miturka remarked, "The attendance of the petitioner in this 'Premier Law School' …

No Reservation for OBCs in National Law Universities, Says DMK Leader TR Baalu
4 years, 5 months ago

No Reservation for OBCs in National Law Universities, Says DMK Leader TR Baalu

News 18  

Senior DMK leader T.R. Baalu on Saturday said there was no reservation for other backward classes in the admission in the National Law Universities for the academic year 2020-21. In a letter to Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, the DMK leader said there was a blatant and deliberate violation of the OBC Reservation Policy in NLUs. According to …

'NLSIU A Unique National Institution And Not A State University' : Karnataka HC While Quashing 25% Domicile Reservation [Read Judgment]
4 years, 5 months ago

'NLSIU A Unique National Institution And Not A State University' : Karnataka HC While Quashing 25% Domicile Reservation [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

While quashing the 25% domicile reservation introduced in the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, the High Court of Karnataka observed that NLISU was a "unique national institution and cannot be construed to be a State University".The Court held that the Karnataka State had only a limited role under the NLSIU Act,1986 and that the State Legislature had no …

NLSIU Bengaluru Justifies Separate Entrance Test, SC Reserves Verdict on Its Validity
4 years, 6 months ago

NLSIU Bengaluru Justifies Separate Entrance Test, SC Reserves Verdict on Its Validity

News 18  

India's one of the most prestigious National Law School of India University of Bengaluru Thursday strongly defended in the Supreme Court the decision to hold separate entrance examination NLAT-2020 instead of CLAT. Common Law Admission Test is a centralised national level entrance test for admissions to twenty two National Law Universities in India and Bengaluru's NLSIU was one of them. …

[Breaking] Karnataka HC Stays 25% Domicile Reservation For Karnataka Students In NLSIU
4 years, 6 months ago

[Breaking] Karnataka HC Stays 25% Domicile Reservation For Karnataka Students In NLSIU

Live Law  

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday passed an interim order to stay the National Law School of India University Amendment Act 2020 passed by the Karnataka Assembly to grant 25% domicile reservation to Karnataka students in NLSIU, Bengaluru.The court has also stayed the 5 percent concession on the cut-off score in the admission test to students of Karnataka which …

'Domicile Reservation Goes Against Objective Of National Law School': Bar Council Of India Tells Karnataka HC
4 years, 7 months ago

'Domicile Reservation Goes Against Objective Of National Law School': Bar Council Of India Tells Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India on Wednesday submitted before the Karnataka High Court that the State could not have brought in 25 per cent domicile reservation at the National Law School of India University for students of Karnataka. Later Advocate Shridhar Prabhu made supplementary submissions on behalf of the BCI and said "If the parent Act is tampered by this …

Bar Council Of India Moves Karnataka HC Challenging 25% Domicile Reservation In NLSIU [Read Petition]
4 years, 7 months ago

Bar Council Of India Moves Karnataka HC Challenging 25% Domicile Reservation In NLSIU [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has moved the Karnataka High Court seeking to declare that the National Law School of India Act, 2020, which permits 25 percent horizontal domicile reservation for students of Karnataka, as ultra vires to the Constitution of India. Based on this, the National Law School of India University has issued a revised notification on seat matrix …

[Breaking] No Territorial Jurisdiction : Delhi HC Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Domicile Reservation in NLSIU
4 years, 8 months ago

[Breaking] No Territorial Jurisdiction : Delhi HC Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Domicile Reservation in NLSIU

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain the plea challenging the imposition of domicile reservation in National Law School of India University, Bangalore.A Division Bench comprising Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad noted that since the impugned law is passed by the State of Karnataka, and the Respondent University is also situated in Karnataka, the court at. …

Delhi HC Stays NLU-Delhi's 50% Horizontal Reservation For Students Who Passed Qualifying Exams From Institutes In NCT [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Delhi HC Stays NLU-Delhi's 50% Horizontal Reservation For Students Who Passed Qualifying Exams From Institutes In NCT [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed the decision to introduce 50% horizontal reservation in National Law University Delhi to students who passed their qualifying exam from the institutes located within the National Capital Territory.The Court ordered "Status quo ante as of the previous academic year shall be maintained for making admissions to the BA LL.B and LL.M. The Delhi …

NLU Delhi Students Write To Delhi HC CJ Opposing Move For 50% Domicile Reservation
5 years, 2 months ago

NLU Delhi Students Write To Delhi HC CJ Opposing Move For 50% Domicile Reservation

Live Law  

Present as well as former students of National Law University, Delhi, have addressed an open letter to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and his Companion judges, requesting their intervention in the proposed policy calling for 50% reservation on the basis of domicile. "Furthermore, due to the National Capital Territory's distressing record on female safety, the notification disproportionately …

NLU Odisha Approves 25% Domicile Reservation In UG & PG Seats [Read Notification]
5 years, 2 months ago

NLU Odisha Approves 25% Domicile Reservation In UG & PG Seats [Read Notification]

Live Law  

In a Special Meeting held on January 4, 2020, the General Council of the National Law University, Odisha approved 25% horizontal reservation to domicile students across categories for admission to Undergraduate and Post-graduate programmes. For claiming reservation in the Undergraduate Programme, a candidate should have passed 12th class or equivalent examination from the state of Odisha and secured at least …

Advocates Association Writes To State Law Minister Seeking 50% Reservation For Resident Students Of Karnataka In NLSIU [Read Letter]
5 years, 2 months ago

Advocates Association Writes To State Law Minister Seeking 50% Reservation For Resident Students Of Karnataka In NLSIU [Read Letter]

Live Law  

The Advocate's Association of Bengaluru has written a letter to the Karnataka State Law Minister, J C Madhu Swamy, to restore 50 percent reservation to resident students of Karnataka in admission to the National Law School Of India University, Bengaluru. As per the communication sent on January 4, states that reports in print and electronic media that state cabinet has …

Odisha reserves 10% seats for EWS students in 3 medical colleges
5 years, 9 months ago

Odisha reserves 10% seats for EWS students in 3 medical colleges

India Today  

The Odisha government Tuesday decided to implement the 10 percent Economically Weaker Sections quota in three medical colleges in the state from this academic session after the Centre approved an increase of 100 MBBS seats. Earlier, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry in a communication to the state government informed it to increase 25 MBBS seats each in Pandit …

NLU Student Consortium Demands Nationalisation Of NLUs, Grant Of ‘Institutes of National Importance’ Status
6 years, 4 months ago

NLU Student Consortium Demands Nationalisation Of NLUs, Grant Of ‘Institutes of National Importance’ Status

Live Law  

The National law University Student Consortium—comprising student body representatives of all National Law Universities— has issued a statement reiterating its demand for nationalisation of all NLUs and for grant of ‘Institutes of National Importance’ status to them.“On this twenty-sixth day of November we, the students of all the NLUs, renew and. The National law University Student Consortium—comprising student body representatives …

Admission Notification: Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur
6 years, 8 months ago

Admission Notification: Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur

Live Law  

Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur has invited applications for the B.A. DNLU is the 22nd National Law University of India which came into existence by the Madhya Pradesh Dharmashastra National Law University Ordinance. Detailed Schedule for Admission: Commencement of filing online application: 6 th July, 2018 July, 2018 Last date for submission of online application: 16 th July, 2018 July, …

Only 5 Out Of 21 National Law Universities Reserve 5% Seats For ‘Specially Abled Persons’, Finds Study [Read Report]
6 years, 10 months ago

Only 5 Out Of 21 National Law Universities Reserve 5% Seats For ‘Specially Abled Persons’, Finds Study [Read Report]

Live Law  

The Centre for Disability Studies and Health Laws has found that a majority of national law universities do not follow the 5 percent criteria for reservation of seats for persons with benchmark disabilities as provided for in the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016.The Centre, after studying the brochures and admission notifications of all NLUs in India concluded that …

Only 5 Out Of 21 National Law Universities Reserve 5% Seats For ‘Specially Abled Persons’, Finds Study [Read Report]
6 years, 10 months ago

Only 5 Out Of 21 National Law Universities Reserve 5% Seats For ‘Specially Abled Persons’, Finds Study [Read Report]

Live Law  

The Centre for Disability Studies and Health Laws has found that a majority of national law universities do not follow the 5 percent criteria for reservation of seats for persons with benchmark disabilities as provided for in the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016.The Centre, after studying the brochures and admission notifications of all NLUs in India concluded that …

NLSIU, Bangalore Likely To Have 50% State Domicile Reservation; Karnataka Legislative Assembly Passes Bill
7 years, 9 months ago

NLSIU, Bangalore Likely To Have 50% State Domicile Reservation; Karnataka Legislative Assembly Passes Bill

Live Law  

The Karnataka State’s Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment to reserve 50% seats at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, for candidates who are domiciled in Karnataka. The Bill now needs to be passed by the Legislative Council.The amendment to the NLSIU Act, 1986 was piloted by Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy in the absence of law …

Seats for the asking
10 years, 8 months ago

Seats for the asking

The Hindu  

Even as there are a large number of colleges in the State that have opened courses in management studies, it appears that the number of seats available is more than the demand. Exam schedule Anticipating a huge number of vacant seats the Karnataka Private Post-Graduate Colleges’ Association has decided to conduct the Karnataka Management Aptitude Test for management quota seat …

Special status to Hyderabad-Karnataka region notified
11 years, 4 months ago

Special status to Hyderabad-Karnataka region notified

India TV News  

Bangalore: Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj late Tuesday notified special status to the Hyderabad-Karnataka region in the state conferred under Article 371J of the Constitution. The seven districts of the state, part of the erstwhile Hyderabad state under the Nizams till 1948, to get the special status are Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Koppal, Raichur and Yadgir. "The governor has also notified …

Quota confusion
20 years, 6 months ago

Quota confusion

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court orders the status quo in admissions already made in Karnataka and refers the State government's new law to a larger Bench. The State government suspended counselling of students yet again after the Supreme Court by its interim order of August 19 ordered maintenance of the status quo as of that date with regard to admissions already made …

ADMISSION IMPASSE: The tug of war in Karnataka
20 years, 8 months ago

ADMISSION IMPASSE: The tug of war in Karnataka

The Hindu  

There is serious uncertainty about admissions to private self-financing professional colleges in several States this year as the managements refuse to accept the positions of the State governments concerned and the latter take measures, often half-hearted, to restrain them. The crux of the problem is that while the State government wants a say in the allotment of 75 per cent …

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